A British native, Gareth joined Publicis Groupe in 2005 and moved to Asia in 2007 and has lived in both Shanghai and Singapore prior to moving to Tokyo.
He has worked across many brands across the Groupe, which has given him a good spectrum of experience across all roles within the communication industry from brand to direct, TV to analytics, or creative to project management. This wealth of experience has allowed him to develop teams in media, strategy, search, content, technology infrastructure and data analytics to service their clients.
In his management role, overseeing Publicis Media Singapore he has oversaw the transformation of the business leading the business to achieve double-digit revenue growth. During this tenure, he has been instrumental in securing new business wins across APAC and has worked on Global Brands like Samsung, Mondelez, Marriott, Visa and GSK.
Prior to life in media, Gareth worked at Goldman Sachs in their Fixed Income division in London.
He has been part of the Beacon Board since 2017. He is appointed to his current position in April 2020.

Miho brings more than 20 years of experience as a visionary account leader, showcasing strategic thinking, in-depth knowledge, and an unwavering passion for creativity at some of the most esteemed global and Japanese advertising agencies, such as McCann, Dentsu, BBDO, and PGJ.

She has led path-breaking integrated communication development for International Brands. Miho possesses a wealth of expertise across the spectrum of successful marketing, from brand strategy development, leading fully integrated campaigns, advancing digital engagement to a campaign operation and management. She excels in team management with a proactive approach to driving the integration model within the group or the across the agencies, pursuing the excellence of outputs. Passionate in inspiring and nurturing partnerships and collaboration.

With a career spanning over 20 years, Tomoko has worked with some of the world’s top multinational companies across various sectors, including technology, healthcare, and consumer.

She has proven herself among the leading Japanese PR professionals in today’s digital age, offering a highly creative and strategic approach to impactful, integrated communications campaigns that effectively bridge global brands to their core Japanese audiences.

Yuta has more than 30 years experience in the healthcare industry.
Began his career with western pharmaceutical company and spent 9 years at advertising agency as a copywriter, planner and then as an account director.
Later, as an executive director of a Western marketing research firm, he was involved in marketing research and consulting for pharmaceutical and FMCG companies.
Yuta joined Publicis Health to set up beacon healthcare (current Saatchi and Saatchi Wellness), the second PH agency in Japan in 2010. Since 2021, he has been heading Publicis Health Japan, leading two PH agencies.

Ricardo began his career in New York where he worked as an accountant and auditor in new media and entertainment. He joined Masius, part of Publicis Groupe, as Business Manager in 2004, and later assumed the role of global controller of MSLGROUP in 2008. He was appointed MSLGROUP Asia CFO in 2011, based in Singapore, where helped manage the PR and Experiential agencies of Publicis Groupe. He was appointed in his current role at Publicis Groupe Japan in February 2016.

Originally from Portugal, Daniel moved to Japan in 2005. After graduating from International Christian University (ICU), Daniel joined Google, where he spent 7 years in Ireland, Singapore, and Japan, holding positions in Sales, Communications, People Ops and Program Management. In 2018, Daniel left Google to embark on a mission to drive Japan's society forward by transforming how we work. He has since held leadership positions at Mercari, Amazon Web Services and Patagonia. In 2023, Daniel was appointed as Publicis Groupe Japan Chief Talent Officer.

A Strategic Planner for over 20 years, Sosuke joined beacon as Executive Planning Director in August 2014. He spent then 18 months at Facebook where he has built a strong experience in data-driven marketing services. He joined Publicis Groupe Japan as Chief Transformation & Strategy Officer to accelerate the shift of the Groupe towards digital services. He will especially focus on the new Digitas agency, that has just launched in the beginning of 2020.
He has worked in multiple countries, cultures and agencies including Japan, the United States, China and Singapore. His past clients include everything from cars, shoes, FMCG, electronics, travel, and the finance sector at agencies such as W+K, Fallon, BBH and TBWA.